FIGURE 6. Exechonella maldiviensis n in Revision of the Recent species of Exechonella Canu & Bassler in Duvergier, 1924 and Actisecos Canu & Bassler, 1927 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata): systematics, biogeography and evolutionary trends in skeletal morphology

FIGURE 6. Exechonella maldiviensis n. sp. Indian Ocean, Maldive Islands (A‒D: holotype DPUV 2013-0002-0001; E: paratype DPUV 2013-0002-0008; F: paratype DPUV 2013-0002-0007). A, general view of holotype from above. Ancestrular zone is broken. B, central part of the same colony. C, peripheral part of the same colony showing typical frontal processes, some 'curved' around foramina. D, primary orifice with condyles (right condyle with a 'pocket' shown by arrow). E, general view of the dichotomously branching paratype colony from above (one zooid shows partially broken peristome with flared edge, intrazooidal budding is seen in another zooid (arrow)). Ancestrular zone is overgrown by calcareous algae. F, lateral view of the peripheral part of the colony showing zooidal frontal shields with pointed processes associated with foramina, marginal pores and lateral multiporous septulum. Scale bars: A, E = 1 mm; B‒D, F = 100 µm.